TM5508:03
Tropical Marine and Diving Medicine
| Townsville | HECS Band 3 |
Semester 2 Limited Attendance.
Staff: Assoc. Professor G Gordon, Assoc. Professor P Leggat (Coordinators).
This subject conducted in association with the Townsville Hospital, presents the basic principles of underwater and hyperbaric medicine. A series of lectures, demonstrations and practical sessions highlight the taking of a diving history, performing a diving medical examination, decompression sickness, management of near-drowning, hypothermia, sinus and ear barotrauma, diving equipment, gases, physiology, diving hazards and diving techniques. A hyperbaric unit is located at the Townsville Hospital. Optional dives may be conducted. Marine hazards such as bites and stings are examined.
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